from the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine in Old Czech translation, manuscript on parchment [Bohemia, probably fourteenth century] Three small binding fragments (once used as spine supports), with remains of 6 lines in a prickly vernacular hand with parts of the legend of St. Jerome visible here, 2 pieces darkened on one side, all pieces torn at edges and with impressions of gathering-edges in lines along parchment, but legible and in fair condition, 50mm. by 38mm., 40mm. by 35mm., and 40mm. by 29mm. The Old Czech translation of the Legenda Aurea as known from the Staročeský passioniál, was made in the fourteenth century as a gift for Charles IV. It was printed twice in the late fifteenth century, the second time with additions for the Utraquists adding Jan Hus into the corpus of saints. Manuscripts in Old Czech are of breathtaking rarity on the market. A Book of Hours in Czech, dated 1466, was sold in the Dysons Perrins sale at Sotheby's, 9 December 1958, lot 24; an Antiphoner in Czech of c.1600, was sold by Christie's New York as part of the Cornelius J. Hauck collection on 27 June 2006, lot 266; and two cuttings from sixteenth-century choirbooks with Old Czech text on their reverses were sold by Sotheby's, 5 July 2011, lot 26, and 8 July 2014, lot 31. These fragments here appear to be the earliest to ever be offered for sale.
from the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine in Old Czech translation, manuscript on parchment [Bohemia, probably fourteenth century] Three small binding fragments (once used as spine supports), with remains of 6 lines in a prickly vernacular hand with parts of the legend of St. Jerome visible here, 2 pieces darkened on one side, all pieces torn at edges and with impressions of gathering-edges in lines along parchment, but legible and in fair condition, 50mm. by 38mm., 40mm. by 35mm., and 40mm. by 29mm. The Old Czech translation of the Legenda Aurea as known from the Staročeský passioniál, was made in the fourteenth century as a gift for Charles IV. It was printed twice in the late fifteenth century, the second time with additions for the Utraquists adding Jan Hus into the corpus of saints. Manuscripts in Old Czech are of breathtaking rarity on the market. A Book of Hours in Czech, dated 1466, was sold in the Dysons Perrins sale at Sotheby's, 9 December 1958, lot 24; an Antiphoner in Czech of c.1600, was sold by Christie's New York as part of the Cornelius J. Hauck collection on 27 June 2006, lot 266; and two cuttings from sixteenth-century choirbooks with Old Czech text on their reverses were sold by Sotheby's, 5 July 2011, lot 26, and 8 July 2014, lot 31. These fragments here appear to be the earliest to ever be offered for sale.
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